Pages 84 to 99

In summary this chapters are really exciting. We get to know much new information about Alaska’s and Miles’ personality but there is still a secret around Alaska. What is wrong with her family? Why does she says that she has got no home? What prank is she arranging? Why is she so moody? There are so many questions and no answers. But I hope that we will get to know the answers in a little while.

I think Alaska’s last words from page 99 are very good to sum up these chapters: “Don’t you know who you love, Pudge? You love the girl who makes you laugh and shows you porn and drinks wine with you. You don’t love the crazy, sullen bitch.”      (p. 99 ll. 22-24)

Some more quotations from these chapters which are quite nice:

“Poor Pudge. Oh poor poor Pudge. Do you want me to climb into bed with you and cuddle?”

“Well, if you’re offering –“

“NO! UP! NOW!”  (p. 87 ll. 1-4)

 

Source: http://www.guy-sports.com/humor/videos/love_animal_kingdom.htm

 

“[…] Here, read this line.”

I walked over and looked down at her index finger. “You shall love your crooked neighbour / With your crocked heart,” [A statement by W. H. Auden – a British author] I read aloud. “Yeah. That’s pretty good,” I said.

“Pretty good? Sure, and bufriedos are pretty good. Sex is pretty fun. The sun is pretty hot. Jesus, it says so much about love and brokenness – it’s perfect.” (p. 89 ll. 8-14)

Source: http://www.blogs.uni-osnabrueck.de/zuber_studyskills/tasks/task-for-session-4/w-h-auden/

But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endless fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane. (p. 92 ll. 14-18)

Source: http://www.worldproutassembly.org/

archives/2006/09/new_data_erases_1.html

     Alaska

Source: http://www.elbi.de/Stempel/Einzelstempel/

Einzelstempeln-modern/Lehrerstempel-Regenwolke.html

 Miles

“Night falls fast. Today is in the past,” [A statement by Edna St. Vincent Millay – American poet and playwright] she said without looking up. (p. 92  l. 31)

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Edna_St._Vincent_Millay_original.jpg&filetimestamp=20070113183753

 

By Steffi